Wulf the Saxon Audio Drama {Review}

One of my favourite things about being a memeber of the Homeschool Review Crew is receiving new to the market products.  One of my all time favourite companies is Heirloom Audio Productions. As a family we have absolutely LOVED every single audio drama they have produced. Heirloom Productions specialise in producing quality audio productions bring history alive, their mission statement is

To engage our listener’s imagination by taking them back in time and immersing them in the story.

We have been collecting their Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty and their latest addition to the series is AMAZING!!!

What we received

• A downloadable copy of Wulf the Saxon. (127 MB MP3 version)
• The music score is an original and written by Emmy Award Winning Composer John Campbell.
• Listening time: 2 1/2 hours
• Recommended ages: 6 to Adult. (IF listening with younger children please be aware that some scenes are intense listening!)
• Featuring: Brian Blessed, Chris Larkin, Helen George, Jack Farthing, Sian Phillips and Patrick Godfrey. 

The Story...
Wulf the Saxon was written by master story teller G.A. Henty and published in 1895. It is the story of the Norman Conquest.

Shipwrecked on the shores of Normandy in the year 1065, a desperate struggle for the throne of England begins.

Edward the Confessor is the King of England. Wulf is a young man and landholder (known as a Thane) who has the respect of everyone he serves through his devotion, courageous attitude and his reputation of honor.  Wulf and his friend Harold (a devout Christian) are ship wrecked on the shores of Normandy along with Earl Harold whom they serve.  Together they escape and report their capture to the local Baron and events are started which see their Lord released and tricked.
From here they are involved in the Battle with the Bretons and return to England.  Upon King Edwards death they return to Normandy where the king survives an assassination attempt.   Through many historic twists and turns, political manovoures they  survive the Viking Invasion and immediately find themselves outside the battle of Hastings.

Join them as they boldly capture a castle in the Welsh wars and climax's in the Battle of Hastings.  Join them as a nation is born. The story is based upon The Bayeux Tapestry. This tapestry will be displayed in the UK for the first time in 950 years.

This is a tale of courage and loyalty full of real life heroic deeds and inspirational characters from the medieval world.


How we used it
We have an account with Heirloom Audio's Live the Adventure Club.  This club has numerous benefits (Adventure Library, Kid Activities, Games, Educational Treasures, Resources and Articles) for it's members and is a great place to keep all your adventures in one plance.

We were gifted a copy of  Wulf the Saxon. Within the library section we were able to choose to download the audio drama or listen to it online. After downloading it weextracted it from it's zip file (127 MB) and extracted.

We burned it to two CD's in the mp3 format to listen to in our old car stereo.  We LOVE listening to audio drama's when we are traveling to our multiple weekly commitments OR on long holiday journey's.  It's become a family tradtion to take along our Henty Adventures!

Other Available Audio Drama's

• Captain Bayley's Heir
• In the Reign of Terror
• The Cat of Bubastes
• Beric The Briton
• The Dragon & The Raven
• With Lee In Virginia
• In Freedom's Cause
• Under Drakes Flag

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Over All I thought ...
We absolutley love every single one of our Extraordinary Adventures collection.  The music and drama are a sheer delight to the listening ear. Wulf the Saxon inspires and encourages and we are looking forward to listening to it on our cross country adventures. This audio drama is well worth adding to your library, it is a treasure you and your children will enjoy many times over.

 Blessings
Chareen